Explore rare and forgotten units of measurement from history and science in this challenging crossword.
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Ancient & Rare Units of Measure
Explore 18 uncommon and historical measurement units from around the world in this challenging crossword puzzle.
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- 1. Large cask measure for liquids
- 2. Old Scottish unit of land area
- 3. Unit equal to one thousandth of an inch
- 5. Small unit of mass or volume in apothecaries' system
- 7. Unit of length used in surveying, 66 feet
- 9. Ancient Greek volume measure for liquids
- 12. Old English unit of distance equal to 220 yards
- 14. Unit in chemistry for amount of substance
- 16. Unit used in ancient Mesopotamian measurements
- 18. Old unit of length also called a pole or perch
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- 4. Unit of liquid volume, one quarter of a pint
- 6. Unit of dry volume, equal to 8 quarts
- 8. Ancient Sumerian record-keeping, sometimes linked to measurements
- 10. Ancient weight unit used for precious metals
- 11. Unit of solid angle in astronomy
- 13. Ancient Roman unit of land area
- 15. Old English length measure based on barleycorns
- 17. Unit of mass equal to 64.8 milligrams
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